Herbert R. Strauss collection of autograph letters
Collection
Identifier: VAULT-Case-MS-6A 82
Abstract
The writers include: Alexander Hamilton, George Wythe, General Lafayette, George Washington, Paul Revere, John Hancock, Benjamin Rush, Patrick Henry, John Lay, Richard Peters, Andrew Jackson, and Levi Lincoln.
Dates
- Creation: 1775-1840
Creator
- Strauss, Herbert R., 1899-1974 (collector., Person)
Extent
2 Linear Feet (1 oversize box)
Language of Materials
English
Other Finding Aids
Inventory (Modern Manuscript Collections Notebooks.)
General Note
In container labelled: Manuscripts.
Subject
- Lincoln, Levi, 1749-1820 -- Correspondence (Person)
- Revere, Paul, 1735-1818 -- Correspondence (Person)
- Henry, Patrick, 1736-1799 -- Correspondence (Person)
- Peters, Richard, 1743-1828 -- Correspondence (Person)
- Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813 -- Correspondence (Person)
- Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845 -- Correspondence (Person)
- Wythe, George, 1726-1806 -- Correspondence (Person)
- Jay, John, 1745-1829 -- Correspondence (Person)
- Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834 -- Correspondence (Person)
- Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804 -- Correspondence (Person)
- Washington, George, 1732-1799 -- Correspondence (Person)
- Hancock, John, 1737-1793 -- Correspondence (Person)
- Status
- Catalog Record Only
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts and Archives Repository
Contact:
60 West Walton Street
Chicago Illinois 60610 United States
312-255-3512
reference@newberry.org
60 West Walton Street
Chicago Illinois 60610 United States
312-255-3512
reference@newberry.org